Entertainment Ideas
and Event Inspiration
Be inspired to create better events!
For the ultimate in live entertainment ideas and event planning tips, get inspired to create better events with our exclusive blog series. From real-life weddings in our inspiring Your Real Weddings series, to the ideas packed Excellent Events section, you'll find some fantastic tips and live entertainment ideas.
Top 10 Caricaturists For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest caricaturists available to hire for your wedding, party or corporate event!
Top 10 Jazz Bands For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest jazz bands available to hire for your wedding, party or corporate event!
Top 10 Classical Guitarists For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest classical guitarists to hire for your wedding ceremony or private party!
Top 10 Pianists For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest pianists available to hire for your wedding reception and/or wedding ceremo...
Top 10 Magicians For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest magicians available to hire for your wedding reception and/or wedding cerem...
Top 10 Tribute Bands For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest tribute bands available to hire for your party, corporate event or wedding...
Top 10 Swing Singers & Swing Bands For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest swing singers and swing bands available to hire for your wedding reception...
Top 10 Wedding DJs For Hire 2024
Check out this year's top ten list of the hottest wedding DJs available to hire for your wedding reception and/or wedding cer...
Top 10 Rock & Pop Wedding Bands 2024
This year's top ten list of the hottest wedding bands for hire in the UK right now!
The Professional Guide to Party Survival
If anyone knows a thing or two about staying healthy, looking good and bringing the party during the hectic holiday months, i...
Seasonal Wedding Ideas...to steal
As festive nuptials become more popular, we asked some Christmas brides & grooms for their winter wedding tips…
Alive’s Christmas Cocktail Recipe #1 - The Mule Stable
By Rich Hearn
Easy, delicious and drool-worthy! Cocktail guru James Molden shows you how to make this year's must-have tipple, The Mule Sta...
Alive’s Christmas Cocktail Recipe #1 - The Mule Stable
By Rich Hearn
Another oh-so-cool cocktail from our pro mixologist! James is back to show you how to make this year's ultimate winter warmer...
Ain't No Party Like A Theme Party
To make sure your invites are greeted with a ‘Yay!’ and not a yawn, we’ve separated the wheat from the Toga-Party chaff. From...
Free Party Playlist
By Rich Hearn
Check out 2016’s Ultimate Christmas Party Playlist, created for you with love from Alive! A nice mix of classics and a few co...
Free Cool Christmas Playlist!
By Rich Hearn
We love Christmas songs. We also love inventive and artistic cover versions. So we’ve unearthed our favourite tracks that tic...
Free Un-Christmas Playlist!
By Rich Hearn
If by now the deluge of Christmas music is driving you to suicide-by-mince pies, this is the playlist for you.
Free NYE Party Playlist!
By Rich Hearn
Check out your free New Year’s Eve Party Playlist, created for you with love from Alive!
Your Perfect Christmas Party Playlist by Alive Network
Need the soundtrack to your seasonal party but don’t know your Aled Jones from your Alex Turner? Step forward the music exper...
Alive's Musical Surprise!
By Rich Hearn
Our talented team perform a Christmas classic, just for you! Watch their ‘John Lewis advert-worthy’ performance below! Go ful...
Day 22: Alive’s final surprise!
By Rich Hearn
Our talented team perform one last time, just for you! Go fullscreen and turn it up!
Turkey Christmas Dinner Recipes
Alive’s very own Gordon Ramsay lookalike talks turkey and shares his secret recipe for a seasonal scene-stealing gravy&...
Get 10% off Rat Pack artist Christopher Basie
By Rich Hearn
Chris’s festive pressie to you is 10% off his standard solo package. The discount only lasts until Monday 12 December, so if...